Eurasia Press & News
MOLDOVA “Principala problemă a relaţiilor dintre Chişinău şi Bucureşti o constituie faptul că România nu crea să recunoască identotatea moldovenească”, a declarat deputatul pe listele PCRM, Grigore Ptrenco, într-un interviu pentru ziarul “Puls”, organul de presă al comsomolului.
Read More »Romania to cut budget costs by $1.9 bln in IMF deal
BUCHAREST, Romania Romania will curb spending by 5.5 billion lei ($1.9 billion) this year, in part through cuts in public pay, to meet its new budget deficit goal agreed with the IMF, Finance Minister Gheorghe Pogea said on Tuesday. Although the International Monetary Fund has allowed Bucharest to raise the …
Read More »Moldova’s new government to cancel visa requirement for Romanians
CHISINAU, Moldova Moldova’s new ruling coalition will make cancellation of visa requirements for Romanian citizens a top order of business, a senior official said Monday. The four-party majority controlling Moldova’s parliament considers visa-free travel for Romanian nationals a “top priority,” said Markian Lupu, chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova …
Read More »Lutfi Meets Armenian and Romanian Ambassadors to Syria, Discusses Developing Relations
DAMASCUS, Syria Minister of Trade and Economy Amer Hossni Lutfi discussed yesterday with Armenian Ambassador to Syria Arshag Poladian the latest preparations for holding a Syrian-Armenian committee for commercial, economic, scientific and technical cooperation due to be held in Yerevan next month.
Read More »Romanian president meets IMF officials
BUCHAREST, Romania Romania’s president on Thursday met with International Monetary Fund officials to discuss the second tranche of $17.1 billion in loans to support the country during the economic turmoil.
Read More »President Basescu: 15 000 incompetent civil servants in Romania will be sacked
Romanian president Traian Basescu told his country during a television address in the evening of August 5 that between 10 000 and 15 000 public servants will lose their jobs. In the address, he stressed that as much as 20 per cent of the public sector will be trimmed in …
Read More »Romania FinMin ‘convinced’ IMF will OK deficit hike
Romania’s Finance Minister Gheorghe Pogea said on Wednesday he was “convinced” that the International Monetary Fund will allow the country to run a bigger budget deficit this year under the terms of an aid deal, as the economy could contract by up to 8.5 percent. Representatives of the IMF are …
Read More »NGO: Serb Minorities Lack Rights
Serb minorities in neighbouring countries do not enjoy full equality and are not guaranteed their collective rights, Serbian NGO Napredni klub argues in a new report. The report argues that Serbs do not enjoy equality with fellow citizens in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It finds that the status of …
Read More »Romanian Minister’s Corruption Probe Starts
The parliamentary committee investigating Romanian Tourism Minister Elena Udrea decided in its first meeting on Tuesday to question journalists who wrote about her allegedly illegal use of public funds. Chair Ludovic Orban said the committee had yet to decide whether the minister would be invited to attend its next meeting, …
Read More »Weakened Communists still dominant Moldova force
A parliamentary election in Moldova has boosted the fortunes of the liberal opposition but the Communists will likely continue as the country’s dominant political force – without outgoing President Vladimir Voronin. With loans from China and Russia hanging in the balance, the question was who would be able to sort …
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